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Service Notice

The Western Australian Herbarium’s collections management system, WAHerb, and DBCA’s taxonomic names application, WACensus, have been set to read-only mode since 1 October 2025. Recent taxonomic changes are not reflected in Florabase, herbarium collections, or in the census. We are hoping to be able to reinstate services around December 15; we will provide an update at that time.

The notice period started at 9:00 am on Wednesday, 1 October 2025 +08:00 and will end at 12:00 pm on Monday, 15 December 2025 +08:00.

Ficus aculeata Miq. var. aculeata

Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Dioecious shrub or tree, to 15 m high, bark dark brown, fissured. Alluvium, loams, heavy clay, coastal sands and soils derived from granite, limestone, laterite, quartz. Calcareous dunes, vine thickets, edges of creeks, floodplain margins, in gorges, at base of cliffs.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 25 March 2008

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Central Kimberley, Dampierland, Northern Kimberley, Ord Victoria Plain, Victoria Bonaparte.
IBRA Subregions
Berkeley, Fitzroy Trough, Hart, Keep, Pentecost, Pindanland, Purnululu.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Broome, Derby-West Kimberley, Halls Creek, Wyndham-East Kimberley.